I'll be attending the second day of a conference which is aimed at an audience that wants to successfully market their brand to teens and do it responsibly. The Kid and Teen Republic Conference caught my eye whilst browsing the Web a few weeks back and considering I help market youth oriented brands like Converse, Samsung and Toyota - it seems a valuable one to attend for this reason alone.  read more here »

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What media these days are informing your opinion of the world around you as a youngster in South Africa? Is it still tv and radio or one of the new media that gives you the perspectives off which to base your own views? These are two questions that I've been milling in my head after watching another thrilling episode of Carte Blanche last Sunday night. I was actually more astounded that the medium, which I once thought to be the all-consuming 'sheep' machine, actually engaged me for more than an hour and a half in one, plain sitting. Yes, I really did sit and watch everything that flickered across the tube for that long, a definite first in a while for my degenerating attention span, in the age of the mighty Internet.  read more here »

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